Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – How To Level Up Faster, Gain XP Quickly, And Unlock All Skills

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is out now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The new entry in the series builds directly upon last year’s Origins by further continuing the franchise’s transition towards becoming a full fledged open world RPG. There’s a lot of systems and mechanics in place in this game- hitbox based combat, parkour, gear, dialog choices, choices and consequences, leveling and XP, quests, and more. We’re here to help make your life a bit easier with this guide.

LEVELING QUICKER AND GAINING XP

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is pretty strict about its levels- be even slightly underleveled and your life will be miserable. Additionally, actually leveling up can take a while, since payouts are largely restricted to quests and objectives. That said, there are still ways to level up quicker in the game:

Explore the map. You get XP for finding new places, so just… go around the map. Fast Travel can be alluring, especially given the size of the mp, but the XP gains from exploring make actually trudging through Ancient Greece worth it

Check XP rewards on available quests. Your quest rewards are colored- Gold is the highest tier, then purple, then blue. I recommend trying to take on the Purple quests you have- you’re too underleveled for the Gold ones, but the Purple ones should be within reach, and net you a lot of XP in one go

Don’t ignore side quests. You already shouldn’t be doing this, since a lot of them are well written, but they can give you valuable XP- don’t ignore them!

Complete objectives. This includes Forts and the like- as mentioned previously, these get you XP.

Plus, the video below has a bit more to say on this topic:

SKILL TREES

Baseline Abilities

Meditation – Lets you change the time of day.

Summon Phobos – The ability to summon Phobos, and to auto mount him while you are moving